{"product_id":"dhanraj-tamang-bengali-film-regional-film-indian-cinema-dvd-dvd","title":"Dhanraj Tamang (Bengali Film \/ Regional Film \/ Indian Cinema DVD) [DVD]","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Actor Uttam Kumar was a legendary Bengali actor. He is fondly called\u003cbr\u003e\nthe Mahanayak or the \"\"Great Hero\"\" of Bengali cinema. His original name was\u003cbr\u003e\nArun Kumar Chatterjee. He was born on 3 September 1926 at Ahiritola, North\u003cbr\u003e\nKolkata but was called 'Uttam' by his maternal grandmother. His huge joint\u003cbr\u003e\nfamily had its own theatre group, Suhrid Samaj, which staged many amateur\u003cbr\u003e\nshows within the community. No wonder then, Uttam Kumar was bitten by the\u003cbr\u003e\nacting bug right from childhood itself. Besides acting, he was also into\u003cbr\u003e\nsports and physical fitness. He took up wrestling, swimming, lathi-khela,\u003cbr\u003e\nhorse riding and tennis. In fact, he was the swimming champion at the\u003cbr\u003e\nBhowanipur Swimming Association three years in a row. His schooling started in\u003cbr\u003e\nChakraberia High School and later he shifted to South Subarban School. In\u003cbr\u003e\n1936, young Arun with some of his friends founded a drama group named Lunar\u003cbr\u003e\nClub. There he acted the first play of his life and it was Tagore's \"\"Mukut\"\".\u003cbr\u003e\nAt the age of 10, he won a trophy for acting in \"\"Gayasur\"\". In 1942, he\u003cbr\u003e\npassed Matric and was admitted to the Government Commercial College. That was\u003cbr\u003e\nthe period of Swadesi Andolon, when Indians were struggling for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\nDuring that time, his compositions were heard in the morning rally. From a\u003cbr\u003e\nyoung age he was a good singer. He started his vocal training under\u003cbr\u003e\nNidanbondhu Bandhopadhya. After his schooling he went for higher studies in\u003cbr\u003e\nGoenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, an affiliated college\u003cbr\u003e\nof the University of Calcutta system. After graduation, the financial\u003cbr\u003e\ncondition of the family forced him to take up employment as a clerk at the\u003cbr\u003e\nPort Commissioner's office. To supplement his salary, he also gave singing\u003cbr\u003e\nlessons at a music school. He joined as a cashier in Port Commissioners'\u003cbr\u003e\nOffice at Kidderpore in 1944 and as a music teacher in Chakraberia High\u003cbr\u003e\nSchool. During this period, he acted for amateur theater groups. Initially\u003cbr\u003e\nUttam Kumar followed the Kolkata theatre scene avidly but soon became\u003cbr\u003e\ndissatisfied with the existing trend of theatrical acting and always aimed for\u003cbr\u003e\na more natural performance in his films. But his heart, mind and soul were\u003cbr\u003e\nrunning towards one place- Tollygunge Studio. At last, he got s chance as an\u003cbr\u003e\nextra, in the film \"\"Mayador\"\" which failed to release. Uttam's first released\u003cbr\u003e\nfilm was Drishtidan (The gift of sight) directed by Nitin Bose. However his\u003cbr\u003e\nbreakthrough film was Sare Chuyattor (74 and a half) with a young actress\u003cbr\u003e\ncalled Suchitra Sen. This romantic comedy launched the career of the greatest\u003cbr\u003e\nromantic duo to grace the Bangla film industry. Uttam-Suchitra have ever\u003cbr\u003e\nsince, been a household name. He had been an actor, director and producer.\u003cbr\u003e\nApart from acting in two films with Satyajit Ray, Nayak and Chiriyakhana, a\u003cbr\u003e\nthriller written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay in which he played the famous\u003cbr\u003e\nBengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi. He has acted in some Hindi films like\u003cbr\u003e\nChhoti si Mulaqat with Vyjayantimala Bali, Amanush with Sharmila Tagore,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnanda Ashram with Sharmila Tagore, Kitaab and Dooriyan.","brand":"Angel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44644054827174,"sku":"57-J0GD-FFDS","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/mahaekart.com\/products\/dhanraj-tamang-bengali-film-regional-film-indian-cinema-dvd-dvd","provider":"Mahaekart LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}